Living Off the Grid
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In recent years there was a huge growth in the "away from society" movement - kind of a comeback to "fuck the system" of the 60s and early 70s with communes. The commune system doesn't work - noone is truly equal - there is always one that's more powerful than another, so people are searching for ways to "fuck the system" but in private, Thus you have the tiny house movement (shelter), grow your garden movement (food that doesn't kill you), on less extreme end the community-first movement ("you can't change the world but at least can do something locally"). Some sociologist would say that it's a direct result of people's uncertainty about the future and their lack of understanding of the societal movements and history. People don't have the safety net (financial or otherwise) and they search for the basics: food, shelter, community. I subscribe to that analysis, so before you go into middle of nowhere and "start a new life" make sure you are not doing it became you don't know how the same feelings of "loss" were prevalent through centuries - and though the centuries, despite all those fears, the shit generally speaking, never hit the fan.
- yeah. and i think in our microculture we're just all in advertising and want our souls backscarabin
- there is also the "quotation" movementcannonball1978